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Before you know it, the leaves will be falling from the trees, and you'll be wearing sweaters on a perfect autumn day sipping an IPA. Until then, enjoy summer but start planning for an epic beer afternoon on September 26 in Greenpoint during Village Voice's annual Brooklyn Pour. Bringing together over 100 breweries for a day-drinking session to end all day-drinking sessions, this beer-tastic event should be on ...
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When I first moved to London, Tatty Devine jewellery seemed to symbolise everything that was attractive about the city: shiny, colourful and witty. Ten years on and I'm not sure I still think of London being those things (maybe something else rhyming with 'witty'? I'm kidding!) but Tatty Devine certainly still has it's allure. It's a wonder then that the Tatty Devine workshop is only just now offering jewellery-making parties as it seems an obvious choice for such a playful brand. This week I sa ...
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"Shall we go in?" we looked at each other doubtfully. It was 6:15pm on a Thursday night and the dining bar at The Palomar was already rammed. I almost abandoned the idea because I hate this "stand-at-the-bar-while-you-wait" culture which is so common now (you can book tables at The Palomar but it takes months to get one). We stood scrunched up against the wall agreeing that if we got through the first drink and there were still no seats available, we would go somewhere else. But within about 20 ...
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Mark your calendar for Wednesday, June 10, because Not For Tourists is celebrating the release of its brand new guide -- The NFT Illustrated Guide to NYC. This new guidebook has gone where no NYC NFT has gone before with custom illustrations, bigger print, photos, and easy-to-use maps. New York has changed a lot since 1999 when NFT first launched to the masses, and we want to chat about the future, present, and past ...
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Not only is NFT co-founder Rob Tallia one of the masterminds behind one of the best selling guidebooks in New York, he also likes to take photos late at night, write for a popular blog in Fort Greene,
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Follow NFT's intrepid editors as they poke, prod, and explore the cities they work, play, and (gasp) entertain their out-of-town friends in the brand new ebook Not For Tourists: Collected Essays 2005-
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About

Not For Tourists is the ultimate guide for the savvy city-dweller. Our philosophy
is simple: Whether you've lived in your neighborhood for 55 years or 55 minutes,
NFT will help you navigate and explore the city like a local. Written and
designed by in-the-know city slickers themselves, NFT is mobile-oriented,
cartographically-inclined, and to-the-point.

For over a decade, our cabal of mapmakers, writers, editors, graphic designers,
and urban adventurers have scoured the streets, read the writings, and lived the
credos of practical, esoteric city travel. Within the matte black covers of our
guides and throughout the interminable, electronic pages of our website,
discover secret city spots you never knew existed-from dive bars and extravagant
restaurants to local hardware stores and abandoned buildings (we don't judge).